The treasury of the Studenica Monastery in southern Serbia preserves the only known Ottoman textile attributed to the fourteenth century, a massive silk hanging woven for Sultan Bayezid I. It was donated to the monastery in the very early 1400s by Bayezid’s widow, Mileva Olivera Lazarević (Despina Hatun). The textile’s two inscriptions—al-Sultan al-calim al-cādil and […]
IN COOPERATION WITH THE HUNGARIAN CULTURAL CENTER IN ISTANBUL / İSTANBUL MACAR KÜLTÜR MERKEZİ: A Lecture in the Series Jewels of Knowledge / İlmin Cevherleri Since ancient times, Southeastern Europe has been a crossroads, where the great empires and religious and cultural currents of the Mediterranean world have met and interacted with each other and with […]
In Cooperation with the Hungarian Cultural Center in Istanbul / İstanbul Macar Kültür Merkezi: András Riedlmayer Documentation Center of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University A European Islam in the Western Balkans: History, “Ethnic Cleansing”, and the Future of Coexistence Wedneday, 16 October 2019 19:00 A Lecture in the […]
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Goerlich Universität Leipzig Secular Law and Freedom of Religion Doç. Dr. Emir Kaya Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi Moderate Secularism vs. Moderate Islam: A Human Rights Comparison Orient-Institut Istanbul: 6 November 2019 – 18:00 Susam Sokak No:16 Kat:3 Daire: 7 Cihangir – İstanbul Helmut Goerlich studied philosophy, history and […]
Byzantine music: a traditional music expression with modern aspects. In this lecture, Emmanouil Giannopoulos will present some basic features of Byzantine music, which has a huge repertory created by skillful composers during the last centuries. Additionally, there will be some specific references for the great impact this musical tradition has on other kinds of non-ecclesiastic […]
Please note that some speakers will present in English and others in Turkish. Interpretation will not be available. Admission to the symposium is free of charge, but advance registration is required: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/symposia/decorated-papers-in-early-modern-islamic-manuscript-cultures.aspx The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the Orient-Institut Istanbul, the University of Hamburg’s Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, and the Thesaurus […]
İstanbul’da Tasavvuf Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğunun müdürü Ömer Tuğrul İnançer, 1946 yılında Bursa’da doğdu. İstanbul Üniversitesinin hukuk fakültesinden mezun oldu. Tasavvuf geleneği, müziği ve çeşitli sufi ritüelleri hakkında birçok makalenin ve kitabın yazarı İnançer, eserlerinde sadece yazılı kaynaklardan değil, bu geleneğin sözlü kaynaklarından da istifade etmiştir. Türkiye’de ve yurtdışında birçok […]
Through an analysis of two state-created and state-managed databases that assess the applicants’ eligibility, I will explore how the two fundamental components of biopolitics – ‘making live’ and ‘letting die’ – are interlaced in Istanbul’s food banks. After a discussion of what food banks are and how they got to Istanbul, I will introduce the […]
Learning and Innovation Skills for the Future (Diler Öner): The purpose of this talk is to examine the educational outcomes we should be focusing on for the future. Drawing the parallels between industrial revolutions and education in history, I will discuss the potential transformations in education in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. I […]
In his lecture at the Orient-Institut Istanbul on 18 December 2019, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel from Zurich, Switzerland is going to deal with care robots as well as therapy and surgery robots. He will present well-known and less known examples and clarify the goals, tasks and characteristics of these service robots in the healthcare sector. […]
Ancient DNA (Füsun Özer): Ancient DNA (aDNA) research focuses on the analyses of degraded DNA fragments extracted from archaeological remains such as bones, teeth and hair. These DNA molecules are sequenced to obtain individuals’ genomes, which are analysed for inferring kinship, demographic history, biological adaptations, and genetic diseases. The earliest aDNA studies mostly focused on […]